Ann Keller
@annck.bsky.social
Professor of political science and expert on science in the public sector.
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The best case scenario is that Trump will waste $38 billion. The more likely outcome is that these will become warehouses of human suffering, and a permanent stain on America's history.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:09 AM
The best case scenario is that Trump will waste $38 billion. The more likely outcome is that these will become warehouses of human suffering, and a permanent stain on America's history.
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ICE's budget could fund the ACA (healthcare) extension and expand Medicaid to millions. Instead, it funds home invasions, family separation, and killing protesters. Republicans made this choice for you. Remember in November... #FundHealthcareOverICE
February 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
ICE's budget could fund the ACA (healthcare) extension and expand Medicaid to millions. Instead, it funds home invasions, family separation, and killing protesters. Republicans made this choice for you. Remember in November... #FundHealthcareOverICE
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When your only interest is protests, the algorithm shows you ONLY protests.
So I can say with certainty that the U.S. has protested EVERY single day since Renee Good died 01|07.
Weekday school walkouts
Weekend large marches
Overpasses at rush hour
Daytime ICE facilities
Nighttime hotels
Constant!
So I can say with certainty that the U.S. has protested EVERY single day since Renee Good died 01|07.
Weekday school walkouts
Weekend large marches
Overpasses at rush hour
Daytime ICE facilities
Nighttime hotels
Constant!
February 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
When your only interest is protests, the algorithm shows you ONLY protests.
So I can say with certainty that the U.S. has protested EVERY single day since Renee Good died 01|07.
Weekday school walkouts
Weekend large marches
Overpasses at rush hour
Daytime ICE facilities
Nighttime hotels
Constant!
So I can say with certainty that the U.S. has protested EVERY single day since Renee Good died 01|07.
Weekday school walkouts
Weekend large marches
Overpasses at rush hour
Daytime ICE facilities
Nighttime hotels
Constant!
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One of the reasons I have some hope for the FAFO coalition that Krasner and others are putting together is that it might be able to shatter the self-fulfilling prophecy that leads state and local officials to conclude there is nothing to be gained from pursuing these investigations.
“Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights," said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at UCLA.
Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
One of the reasons I have some hope for the FAFO coalition that Krasner and others are putting together is that it might be able to shatter the self-fulfilling prophecy that leads state and local officials to conclude there is nothing to be gained from pursuing these investigations.
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"Due process is not a courtesy extended at the government’s convenience. Due process is the condition that makes custody lawful in the first place... When liberty is restrained without a meaningful opportunity to be heard, the Constitution’s promise is not delayed. It is denied."
Another memorable ruling out of West Virginia, where Judge Goodwin — a Clinton appointee — excoriates the treatment of ICE detainees.
"This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law."
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"This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law."
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February 11, 2026 at 3:26 AM
"Due process is not a courtesy extended at the government’s convenience. Due process is the condition that makes custody lawful in the first place... When liberty is restrained without a meaningful opportunity to be heard, the Constitution’s promise is not delayed. It is denied."
"we actually did engage in sort of a better preclinical study," said former heads of NCI not one single time. Are they doing this because they invested in ivermectin during Covid? Or are they trying to compete with data showing a + side effect of covid vax is better response to chemo?
February 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
"we actually did engage in sort of a better preclinical study," said former heads of NCI not one single time. Are they doing this because they invested in ivermectin during Covid? Or are they trying to compete with data showing a + side effect of covid vax is better response to chemo?
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"Eliminate presidential immunity" needs to become as common a refrain as "eliminate Citizens United"
this case is maybe the single best example of one of the most destructive tendencies of this court: the tendency to treat their job as a collegiate legal seminar where they operate in hypotheticals rather than deal with the real world as it exists
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
"Eliminate presidential immunity" needs to become as common a refrain as "eliminate Citizens United"
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Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
Newsom wins the Internet today (worth it to read his entire post):
Newsom proclaims Sunday as ‘Bad Bunny Day’ in California with tongue-in-cheek declaration | KTLA share.google/XHgkj8lYgo1U...
Newsom proclaims Sunday as ‘Bad Bunny Day’ in California with tongue-in-cheek declaration | KTLA share.google/XHgkj8lYgo1U...
Newsom proclaims Sunday as ‘Bad Bunny Day’ in California with tongue-in-cheek declaration
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared Sunday a special day for Bad Bunny fans. Describing himself in a press statement as a “TREMENDOUS LOVER OF ‘THE SPANISH’” and a “HUGE FAN OF PUERRRRRRRTO R…
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February 8, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Newsom wins the Internet today (worth it to read his entire post):
Newsom proclaims Sunday as ‘Bad Bunny Day’ in California with tongue-in-cheek declaration | KTLA share.google/XHgkj8lYgo1U...
Newsom proclaims Sunday as ‘Bad Bunny Day’ in California with tongue-in-cheek declaration | KTLA share.google/XHgkj8lYgo1U...
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A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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The @washingtonpost.com is dead
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
The @washingtonpost.com is dead
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The AP spoke with Alberto, the man whose 8 skull fractures ICE blamed on a brick wall .
He says ICE beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash his friend's car windows
"There was never a wall"
apnews.com/article/immi...
He says ICE beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash his friend's car windows
"There was never a wall"
apnews.com/article/immi...
Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
apnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
The AP spoke with Alberto, the man whose 8 skull fractures ICE blamed on a brick wall .
He says ICE beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash his friend's car windows
"There was never a wall"
apnews.com/article/immi...
He says ICE beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash his friend's car windows
"There was never a wall"
apnews.com/article/immi...
Ever notice that the original argument for unleashing ICE in American neighborhoods was to find rapists and murderers? In reality, ICE are the murderers and this Administration is actively shielding a long list of suspected rapists. I think there are probably some good campaign slogans in there.
"Contrary to what the FBI and DOJ have said over the past year, it turns out there really is an FBI list of other people suspected of possible wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. President Trump is on that list, as well as a number of other powerful people."
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Here is the FBI's Epstein List
We still don't know what the FBI did to investigate these allegations
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Ever notice that the original argument for unleashing ICE in American neighborhoods was to find rapists and murderers? In reality, ICE are the murderers and this Administration is actively shielding a long list of suspected rapists. I think there are probably some good campaign slogans in there.
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Neither the President nor Vice President of the United States can make a public appearance in front of a non-partisan crowd either in America or abroad without being booed.
NEW: Huge cheers earlier for the Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
Then huge BOOS as JD Vance comes on the big screen in the stadium.
Even the commentators can’t hide it…
Then huge BOOS as JD Vance comes on the big screen in the stadium.
Even the commentators can’t hide it…
February 6, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Neither the President nor Vice President of the United States can make a public appearance in front of a non-partisan crowd either in America or abroad without being booed.
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I choose not to post over #DonaldTrump’s racist video. But the following are screenshots from Gandalv @Microinteracti1 who says the following:
February 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I choose not to post over #DonaldTrump’s racist video. But the following are screenshots from Gandalv @Microinteracti1 who says the following:
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Federal judge: "The presumption of regularity that has previously extended to [the United States Government] that it could be taken at its word—with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds."
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Federal judge: "The presumption of regularity that has previously extended to [the United States Government] that it could be taken at its word—with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds."
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
Their original response was that there was nothing wrong with the post and any objection to it was "fake outrage."
POLITICO reporting that the White House has now claimed the ape video was an accident and removed it.
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Their original response was that there was nothing wrong with the post and any objection to it was "fake outrage."
I've been counting the number of Republicans denouncing this. The NYTimes story mentions three. A similar story in The Independent quotes seven. I didn't link to it because the racist image itself pops up and I'm not willing to post that.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I've been counting the number of Republicans denouncing this. The NYTimes story mentions three. A similar story in The Independent quotes seven. I didn't link to it because the racist image itself pops up and I'm not willing to post that.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
The Hill is reporting that two Republicans have denounced the post.
We all shit on the Times about headlines, but this is top of the home page and is admirably clear.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Posts Video Portraying Obamas as Apes
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The Hill is reporting that two Republicans have denounced the post.
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We all shit on the Times about headlines, but this is top of the home page and is admirably clear.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Posts Video Portraying Obamas as Apes
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
We all shit on the Times about headlines, but this is top of the home page and is admirably clear.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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The story claims that she works behind the scenes to stop some administration excesses. But in the highlighted example, she (1) gets upset about a child getting snatched; (2) calls Noem; (3) totally buys Noem's bogus story; (4) loses interest by the time it's obvious Noem was lying.
This is the same Katie Britt who sneered that Dems' reasonable demands for restraints on DHS are a "Christmas list" and blamed Dems after the ICE murder of Renee Good
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The story claims that she works behind the scenes to stop some administration excesses. But in the highlighted example, she (1) gets upset about a child getting snatched; (2) calls Noem; (3) totally buys Noem's bogus story; (4) loses interest by the time it's obvious Noem was lying.
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
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Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him https://theonion.com/man-who-lost-everything-in-crypto-just-wishes-several-t-1848764551/
February 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him https://theonion.com/man-who-lost-everything-in-crypto-just-wishes-several-t-1848764551/